Blouse
Huipil
85-2-70
From: Guatemala | San Pedro Sacatepequez | Department of San Marcos
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 85-2-70 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Pedro Sacatepequez | Department of San Marcos |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Description | Cofradia, white cotton, red and purple shell fish dyes, brocading, blue silk thread. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 48 epi, 3 singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 32 ppi, 3 singles, Z twist, white cotton. Warp plain weave. Supplemental weft - 2 faced. 3 panels - 4 selvedges each. Made on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 129 cm |
| Width | 114 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985 |
| Other Number | 70 - Other Number |
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